title: [Christiaan Neethling Barnard--pioneer in human heart transplantation (on the 30th anniversary of the first heart transplantation].
abstract: Christian Neethling Bernard--a South African cardiac surgeon--until 1983 a cardiothoracic surgeon at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town; 1968-1983, Head of Cardiac Research and Surgery, University of Cape Town; developed new design artificial valves. He gained experience in heart transplant techniques in USA in Minneapolis (prof. C. Walton Lilehei), Richmond (Richard Lower) and Palo Alto (Norman E. Shumway). On December 3, 1967 in Cape Town he carried out first in the world transplant operation, which started the era of transplantology.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Zakładu Historii Medycyny Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kempa
mesh_terms: D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013019:South Africa
vernacular_title: Christiaan Neethling Barnard--pionier transplantacji serca u człowieka. (W 30 rocznice pierwszego w świecie przeszczepu serca).